America
Presidential Imperialism
F.H Buckley’s The Once and Future King is a worthy contribution to the great discourse on liberty and power
Two Generations Lost to Communism
50 years of Communism have left Cuba poorer than ever
True Grits
‘We drove into Breaux Bridge, “the crawfish capital of the world”, and the place was shrouded in an early dusk: it was hurricane season’
The Penalty that Degrades America
The death penalty is supported by the majority of Florida residents but is expensive, fails to deter crime and is shamefully inhumane
Abandoned in Moscow
What will it take for the Obama administration to realise that their treasured “Reset” is the foreign policy equivalent of Monty’s Python’s dead parrot? The insults and harassment heaped upon Michel McFaul, the American Ambassador to Russia, apparently aren’t enough.
Peter Oborne’s Hypocrisies
Peter Oborne should read his own newspaper before telling us about the glories of a democratically elected Hamas.
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal